ēlĕvātĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
A lifting up, raising (late Lat.): manuum, Vulg. Psa. 140, 2 al.—
II.
Trop.
1.
Gram. t. t., the elevation: vocis (= ἄρσις, opp. depositio), Mart. Cap. 9, § 974; Isid. 1, 16, 21.—
2.
Rhet. t. t., a lessening, disparaging; a species of irony, Quint. 9, 2, 50; Mart. Cap. 5, § 525.